Effects of temperature on the synthesis of carbon nanotubes by FeCl 3 as a floating catalyst precursor

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 575-583

  Khavarian, Mehrnoush ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^b   Huat Tan, Soon ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; degree of graphitization; FeCl3; Floating catalyst; temperature

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AVERAGE DIAMETER; DEGREE OF GRAPHITIZATION; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS; FECL3; FLOATING CATALYST; GRAPHITIZED STRUCTURES; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GRAPHITIZATION; METHANE;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79958175614     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2010.504954     Document Type: Article

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